Hokkaido Noboribetsu City
An exceptional hot spring inn soothed by four natural hot springs and the forests of Noboribetsu
"Takinoya Noboribetsu Onsenkyo" is a luxury onsen ryokan in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido. It owns four private natural hot spring sources drawn from Jigokudani: sulfur spring, iron spring, saline spring, and radium spring. Guests can fully enjoy these famed waters in the open-air bath on the top floor with its superb views, as well as in the large public baths facing the garden. There is also a sauna in the basement public bath, allowing guests to refresh themselves amid abundant nature. Some guest rooms also feature open-air baths with free-flowing hot spring water, offering a private bathing experience where no one will disturb you. With a Japanese garden that changes with the seasons and kaiseki cuisine that brings out the best of each season’s ingredients, a luxurious and restorative stay that satisfies all five senses is promised.

A beautifully open bath area located on the top floor, blending seamlessly with the sky and forest. Guests can enjoy two springs, saline spring and iron spring. With no edge to the tub, the water surface seems to flow straight into the forest below, creating a design that lets you spend blissful moments as if gazing at a natural painting. The smooth water texture leaves you feeling as though the fatigue of body and mind drifts away into the sky along with the scenery.

A calm bath area located on the basement level, where you can feel up close the refined atmosphere of a beautifully maintained Japanese garden. Here you can enjoy Noboribetsu’s famous sulfur spring, as well as the rare radium spring. The abundant water that bubbles up continuously is highly effective at retaining heat, and the warmth lingers long after you leave the bath. While admiring the graceful trees, you can indulge in the finest relaxation.

An open-air bath with free-flowing natural hot spring water, installed exclusively on the wood decks of certain guest rooms (DW type and D type). This luxurious space lets you enjoy the famed waters whenever you like, as many times as you like, without worrying about anyone’s gaze. Soaking while looking out at Noboribetsu’s rich forest right in front of you, with the melody of the wind as background music, you will be wrapped in an extraordinary sense of ease, completely cut off from the bustle of everyday life.

A sauna attached to the basement public bath, Chien no Yu. Guests can use it together with bathing in Noboribetsu’s famous waters, which well up continuously, and relax while quietly working up a pleasant sweat in a serene setting. Moving back and forth between the warmth of the hot springs and the sauna, you can spend a healing time that gently loosens both body and mind.
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